Walter S. Woltosz
Walter S. Woltosz
Aerospace Engineering, BS 1969, MS 1977
The professional career of Walt Woltosz testifies to the potential of an engineering mind to impact the world. Combining his engineering knowledge with a problem-solving personality, Woltosz has established himself as one who sees both the current and the potential. He has taken this ability and applied it to creating innovative technologies in three distinct careers - the aerospace industry, the augmentative communications field, and in pharmaceutical research and development. He is internationally recognized as an engineer determined to use his expertise in ways that improve quality of life.
Woltosz has combined his engineering accomplishments with sound business practices and seen the success of two cutting-edge companies. He is chairman, president and CEO of Simulations Plus, Inc., a leading developer of pharmaceutical simulations and modeling software, and its subsidiary, Words+, Inc., a provider of state-of-the-art communication products - one of which was used by worldrenowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, granting the world access to Hawking's masterful theoretical concepts and his best-selling book, A Brief History of Time. Woltosz's technologies have set him apart in the field of simulation and modeling, and he is recognized worldwide
as a pioneer in the computer simulation industry.
